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McDonald's Same-Store Sales Growth Remains Sluggish

Fast-Food Company's October Sales Grew Slightly in U.S., Europe but Fell in Asia

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Ben Fox Rubin

Nov. 8, 2013 8:28 a.m. ET

McDonald's Corp. said its global same-store sales grew 0.5% in October, with results in the U.S. and Europe offsetting weakness in Asia.

McDonald's, the world's largest fast-food company, last month predicted global same-store sales for October to be relatively flat, despite what should have been an easy comparison from a year ago, when the company reported its first monthly same-store sales decline in nine years.